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CAS-SU(ICH) 23729 Charax metae   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Maria, Apolinar  Field Number AA I-28 Date Collected Jan 1928 - Jan 1928 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Guiacaramo
Latitude-Longitude 4.680723°, -73.042453°; uncertainty: 5000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksI plotted the locality in the Rio Upia near to the town of Guaicaramo.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks
CAS-SU(ICH) 60707 Charax metae   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, Carl H. / 1922 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 8/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Gonzales, Manuel  Field Number MG 1912-13 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Meta Department County
Water Body QUEBRADA CRAMALOTE Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality brook at Villavicencio; 1,496 ft. elev.
Latitude-Longitude 4.145915°, -73.645032°; uncertainty: 3265 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Mem. Carnegie Mus. 9(1);238-239, pl. 25, fig. 1.
Collecting Event Remarks supplements EIGENMANN COLOMBIAN RECONNAISSANCE
CAS-ICH 41300 Charax metae   [Catalog of Fishes] HOLOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Eigenmann, Carl H. / 1922 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number IU 15027 Size      
Collector; Vessel Gonzales, Manuel  Field Number MG-PBARR Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Meta Department County
Water Body R. Meta Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Puerto Barrigona (=Barrigon, at the head of navigation east of Bogota)
Latitude-Longitude 4.165469°, -73.013491°; uncertainty: 2939 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe location is at the Rio Guaitara, about 6 upstream where the Guaitara meets the Rio Meta. The Rio Meta is part of the Orinoco basin and not the Amazon Basin. The place is called Puerto Barrigon and not Barrigona.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Supplements Colombian Reconnaissance of C.H. Eigenmann.
CAS-ICH 69117 Charax metae   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1922 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 16/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15027 Size      
Collector; Vessel Gonzales, Manuel  Field Number MG-PBARR Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Meta Department County
Water Body R. Meta Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Puerto Barrigona (=Barrigon, at the head of navigation east of Bogota)
Latitude-Longitude 4.165469°, -73.013491°; uncertainty: 2939 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe location is at the Rio Guaitara, about 6 upstream where the Guaitara meets the Rio Meta. The Rio Meta is part of the Orinoco basin and not the Amazon Basin. The place is called Puerto Barrigon and not Barrigona.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Mem. Carnegie Mus., v.9(1): 238, Pl.25 (fig.1).
Collecting Event Remarks Supplements Colombian Reconnaissance of C.H. Eigenmann.
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